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Monday, February 4, 2013

Total Chaos/Pledge Of Defiance/Epitaph Records/1994 Cassette Review

Total Chaos are a band from California that plays a very political orientated form of hardcore punk and this is a review of their 1994 album "Pledge Of Defiance" which was released by Epitaph Records.

Drums range from mid paced to fast drumming with no blast beats being present on this recording, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars and at times they have a very powerful sound to them.

Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced raw and primitive sounding hardcore punk riffs, while the lead guitars are very chaotic, raw and primitive sounding hardcore punk rock guitar solos and leads.

Vocals are all aggressive sounding hardcore punk style shouts, screams and growls, while the lyrics cover hateful and political themes, as for the production it h as a very heavy, raw and primitive sound to it while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion t his was a very great sounding recording from Total Chaos and if you are a fan of this band, you probably already own this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Babylon" "Fuck The System" "Nightmares" and "Suicide Mission". RECOMMENDED BUY.